Transportation of the support foundations of the central technological platform to the Vladimir Filanovsky field, which is being developed by LUKoil on the north of the Caspian Sea, started yesterday from Astrakhan via the Volgo-Don canal, reported LUKoil press office.
In the near future the support foundations will be positioned and fastened on the sea bottom.
The support foundations of the sleet proof drilling stationary platform, the residential module and riser bloc have been already installed on the field.
In 2014 upper structures of all four platforms and the crossovers between them will be installed on the support foundations. All these facilities are built at the Astrakhan ship building plant by LUKoil’s order.
The operation drilling is planned to start on the field in 2014 and oil production - at the end of 2015.-0—
Economics
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On 21 December, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit met with Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev at the Russian Ministry of Transport.
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Hundreds of trucks are stuck in the Kazakh port of Kuryk, facing delays for several days while waiting for ferry transport to Azerbaijan, the Azakhstan portal reports lada.kz. The backlog is due to a combination of reduced ferry availability, adverse weather conditions, and an influx of cargo rerouted because of expanded sanctions on Russia.
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Members of the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen (MÜSIAD) have invested 61.3 million manats in Azerbaijan's economy over the past three years, Rashad Jabirli, chairman of "MÜSIAD Azerbaijan," revealed during a media briefing.
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